Originally Posted by
altyrocket
My daughter and sister-in-law pre booked a veggie meal, they were actually served before the rest of the cabin (WT). Slight down side was that they had finished the meal before drinks trolley arrived

That happens to me on almost every airline I fly. I guess it's just far easier to hand out all the special meals first in one go than to stow them somewhere on the trolley and remember who got what.